The blog formerly known as Kudzu and Koolaid and that was once upon a time called Crafty-ish... it's a mommy blog, a cooking blog, a wordy, rambly spill of thoughts... it's a mess. It's me.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Summer Project...

I know I mentioned my summer plans/goals in a previous post. Those still stand. I have been thinking though and am elaborating a bit.

Photographs...lots of them (not of me...bwhahahahaha!) I want to make it a daily goal to take photos, to capture the day...still thinking this one through...

journal...family style...I want to record, probably weekly where we are and what we are doing...

weekly field trip...and that may mean, not leaving the house--like one night I want to do a picnic under the stars...finding constallations and shooting stars. :) (but making a point to once a week, do something not screen related...memory making)

read aloud...did I put this on my other list? I think I did. I think we are rereading The Chronicles of Narnia...maybe...

Latin word of the week...heh, yes, I do think so...we have "Latin From The Roots Up'' we are going to introduce it next year...but I'm thinking maybe we do a word of the week for the summer too...maybe?

I'll probably tweak this a bit more as I work/think on it this week--next week is kick off. :)

It's me

I am considering writing my congressman to have my birthday declared a national holiday (yes, I really like my birthday that much)

I'm was married and I'm a mom.

I've been blogging since 2004.

and it's a full spectrum show around here...there is momma blogging, running blogging, Jesus blogging, food blogging, crafty blogging, cancer blogging and sometimes I really kick up the excitement and snap a picture of my latest fingernail polish shade. :D

I have met some incredible people via my ''magic box''.

I love to read.

I love to crochet.

I'm a runner.

Coffee makes me happy.

Really happy.

My kids amaze me.

They are more than I ever deserved.

I have four of them and I homeschool.

I prefer a neatly presented package--but am learning that life is more about messy wrapping and lots of scotch tape.

I am flawed. I make lots of mistakes. I question a lot of things-often.

I don't always feel like it makes sense.

But God always does & I'm learning to just trust Him and swim around in the grace He extends.

In June of 2012, my then ex husband Donald, was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer with mets to his liver. He had exactly zero warning signs. He is forty-three. He is currently undergoing chemo treatments via a chest port every two weeks. He will have chemo for the rest of his life.

There were reasons for our divorce and a cancer dx did not magically make those go away. But God has a plan, greater than any I would create and far different than I ever imagined. This is God making beauty from ashes.